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Kapcsandy Family Winery

Kapcsandy Family Winery is a Yountville estate founded in 2000 by Lou Kapcsandy Sr. on the State Lane Vineyard, a historic Napa benchland site previously farmed by Beringer. The estate engaged Denis Malbec as winemaker and brought rigorous Old World attention to parcel selection and low-yield viticulture on the alluvial Yountville soils. The Grand Vin Cabernet Sauvignon is the defining bottling, averaging $256 across 273 lots — aligned with Napa's ultra-premium tier alongside Colgin, Araujo, and Scarecrow. The 2009 vintage is the most traded at auction, reflecting widespread critical acclaim across Napa that year. 'The Endre' — a dedicated cuvée from the same State Lane site — trades at similarly elevated levels. Multiple vintages have received 97–100 point scores from Robert Parker and the Wine Advocate, including widely cited results in 2005, 2007, and 2012. The price ceiling of $2,270 represents sought-after case lots or magnums of benchmark vintages. Annual production of approximately 2,000 cases maintains meaningful scarcity. Kapcsandy represents one of Napa's most convincingly Bordeaux-influenced estates in both philosophy and execution, with a consistent auction record confirming durable collector demand. For serious collectors building comprehensive Napa Cabernet Sauvignon libraries, it is an indispensable reference point that holds its own alongside the established trophy names.